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All the numbers of the genuine series since No. 145, u also the genuine Preface, Titles, and Index to vol. V. are on sale at Messrs. Hunt and Clarke's. No. 152, for last week, and No. 158, for this week, are like wise now ready. CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE MINING COMPANY. Yesterday a meeting of the shareholders in this com pany took place at the - King's Head 'Tavern, in the. Poul try, for the purpose of resolving upon some course in the desperate state of their affairs. Roe, Esq. in the chair. Mr. William Clark addressed r the meeting. He had, he said, ascertained the correctness of what he had men tioned on Thursday last, with respect to the conduct of Mr. Wilks ' jun., in regard to this com p an y. A Shareholder.—ls that Mr. John Wilke, to whom you allude, the member for Sudbury ? (Cries df "Yes, yes ') Mr. Clark stated, that the company had merely to do with Mr. Wilke as its solicitor. If he were to take the statement which had been made upon the, former occa-1 sions for his guide, he wou ld conten d t h a t there were suf fieient grounds to warrant the conclusion that the whole scheme was one system of fraud and delusion from the be ginning, but he had come to the knowledge of facts that would astonish the , meeting. It had been asked at the former meeting, how much had been given by Mr, Wilke for the mines which he purchased, which question Mr. Wilke refused to answer. He (Mr. Clark) would now read to them the sums agreed to be given by Mr. Wilke for each. Promised by Mr Wilke to the Pro- Charged by Mr. Willi prietors of the Mines. to the Company at Wheal. Abraham and Drymm ..11'8, 0 11 0 Wheal Boulton - - 17,500 - 25,000 Wheal Nancy - - - 4,500 - 8,000 Wheal Fanny - - 9,500 - 12,500 Whealqranver,Oatfield,&Chanca 20,000 Wheal Wellington - - 4,000 Grist Wheal Fortune - 6,500 Wheal Barnard - - 7,000 West Wheal Vor - - £79,500 £121,000 making in the whole the sum of 79,5001., or thereabout, for which Mr. Wilks had charged 121,0001., thus putting at once into his pocket, or into the pockets of those with whom he acted, and himself, no less a sum thin 41,500/, and which mines, if sold now, would not fetch more than 35,0001., although upWards of '16,0004 bad since been ex pended upon them beyond the produce of the mines. The scheme had been perfected at a meeting of Mr. Wilks and some of his friends at the Albion Tavern, when the plan of the company was Concocted. A self-elected deputation of six gentlemen. then proceeded down to Corn Wall, at a great expence, to the company, to inspect the mines, namely, Mr. Peter Moore, Mr. W. Kershaw, Mr. John Wilk:, jun., Mr. Wtn. Came, jun., Mr. Wm. Reynolds, and Mr. Thornas Teague; and in the month of July a printed report of their proceedings was published, and sent round to each of the shareholders. It was curious to observe that some of the names attached to the report were the proprietors of the, mines who sold them to Mr. Wilks; for instance, Mr. Teague and Captain A. Vivian sold 5-7tha of the whole; Mr. Came was part proprietor of one mine, and is a director of the company as well u Mr. Teague; and Mr. John Hewitt sold another. Even the subordinate agents, whose names and opinions are introduced into the report, are the immediate depend-1 ents of Mr. Teague and the other parties intrusted. Mr. Clark assured the meeting that the whole of his in formation was derived from sources that could be relied upon, and had the meeting been so , constituted that they could have bad the advantage of the noble Lord (Palmer ston) in the Chair, and the attendance of Mr. Wilks and those connected with him, he (Mr. Clark) would have called for such documents as would have proved the facts as it were from their own mouths. To show the accuracy of his information, he would read to them the heads of the agreement for one of the properties as an example of the whole.—(The agreement was here read.)—The agree ments, therefore, are for leases instead of 'freeholds, and are dated the 26th of April, although the prospectus stated the mines to have been purchased prior to the 7th Of April. Mr. Clark next adverted to the manner in which the shires had been issued to the public. Upon their first com ing nut, Which was on the 16th of April, only 200 had been paid upon, as appears by the banker's book. Mr. Wilks, on the same day, gave orders for the purchase of 80 shares in the market, and afterwards 920 other shares, to be delivered on the 20th Of the month ; thus pur chasing what he lmew could not possibly be delivered by the se ll er s; and by that and such like means was enabled to force upon_, the public 5,383 o f t h e 10 , 0 00 s h ares of which the company 'ti stock was to consist, to the great injury of those who were thus entrapped. The. purchase money and loss upon these shares Mr. Wilks charged to the company, amounting to 0,198/. 155., diminishing the shares out to 4,383. Mr. Wilks was not content with up. propriatiug so vast a sum , t he p ro perty of the company; he made further calls, and then threatened to render forfeit all the shares of those who refused to sign the deed of settlement. The formidable conduct of this s entleman was still further manifested, in the fact. of his having brought actions against Mr. Kershaw and the Directors, ft* the enormous sum of 67,0001., under the pretence of completing the purchase money. Mr... Clarke then entered into a detail to show that Mr. Wilke, and those who co-operated with ham, mines, and determined t o imut , a k fi n c e t w itio th u e s r vit ea l l ue va u lu po e n - o th f t e h m e , and to deceive the share holders who placed con4dence in the respectable names to be fou n d i n t h e list of Directors. Mr, Wilks possessed at One time no less than two thousand shares, Prospectus stated that no person although the 200. V b • one occasion, port being _ reminded of this upon , should hold more am when h 'r e ' spoke of the immense stake he had in the Com pany by holding . very well, then, . 200 shares let it be if you choose, either 2,000 shares, he said carelessly, Oh, 200 or 2,000.” I t was palpable that he determined t o act upon thi s system of abominable d eception as long as he could. The Chairman observe ()) that Mr. Wilke held the deed and all the papers which referred to . the mines, and if things were to go o n the mines would rev ert to to as they , had proceeded for some time, o Mr. Clark said that Lord Palm s °rnal - AHon. Mr. ho had becomerston dpi id the been signed, were wholly blameless. proprieors. Sullivan,,o)ireetors since the deed had be ' The were now to co me to a determiruttion, whether meeting they were to b mit to the robbery, or whether they. should proceed to re cover what th e y had lost b y legal m eans , an a endeavour to have the satisfaction of seeing the guilty parties brought to the Old Bailey.—(Great applause.) Mr. Newman (a Director) said he attended the meeting for the purpose of declaring th at b e h a d nothing to do with the transactions referred to. He certainly had allowed his name to be used in the direction, because he had the utmost reliance upon the honour of those whose names had been already in the list.--(Applause.) Mr. Kershaw (one of the Directors) at this moment en tered the room, and Mr. Clark c alled upon him to state what had taken place between him and Mr. Wilke. Mr. Kershaw, who appeared to be in great agitation, and shed tears during his address, declared that he consi dered his acquaintance , with Mr. \Vilks the greatest curse of his life; but. he had been deceived by seeing that per son in company with Lord Palmerston and other men of character. He considered that the manner in which the company was conducted was the most foul and disgrace ful. He was one of those who had met at the Albion Tavern, and he lamented to say that he got money there. Upon one occasion he received 400/., and upon another between 400/, and 5004 He told Mr. Wilks that he could not keep the money, as he did not consider himself entitled to it; mid the reply was that he might hold it as a loan. He went round, after .having narrowly watched the conduct of Mr. Wilke, and cautioned the Directors about him. The Chairman—Did you retain the 400/. % Mr. Kershaw.—l do retain it and the other sum; and I am ready to hand over every farthing I have received to you.—(Loud applituipa Mr. Clark.-Tplt is lamotable that robbery should be made a stepping -stone to a seat in Parliament ; but we will endeavour to purge Parliament of the disgrace.—(Loud cheers.). Mr. Kershaw.--I have acted wrong, but not intention ally. lam willing to make all the reparation in my power. The money I received is at your command. Every mo ment of my life has been imbittered since I received it, but that man exercised an uncontrollable influence over me. A Committee was then formed to determine on the best mode of proceeding for the recovery of the property of the shareholders, and the punishment of the parties accused of the conspiracy. A few days since a number of respectable inhabi tants met for the purpose of "cousidering the practicability of open ing a new road from St. Margaret's-hill, in the Borough, to the Southwark Bridge-road. A view was taken of the ground, when it appeared that by taking down one or two houses at the end of Castle-street, an opening might be made close upon the Town hall, and an excellent line of communication be formed to the Southwark Bridge-road. This would, from many points!, occa sion a saving of more than a quarter of a milts in distance , and greatly relieve St. Margaret's-hill, and some other crowd s j tho roughfares. This, it was estimated, might he done at an expence not exceeding 5,000!., and the rental in the line of improvement he increased by double that amount. The plan, appeared to be adopted with great spirit, and as it does not appear likely to need any great advance of money, it will probablyjie carried into ef feet. It is intended to take measures for bringing a Bill into Parliament on the subject next session. All thmV. ':who are ob liged to pass through some parts of the Boroughaelincrwledge that the greatest and m ost desirable improvement would be, to make some of thelargi.furnaces there, which vomit forth soot in such abundance on all around, consume their own smoke. St. Saviour's church the presents a curious spectacle—a portion of it is beau tifully restofed, whilst the great body of it is still allowed to re main in a state of ruin and rapid *ay, The ancient spiritual court is without windows, and exposed to ti:e effects of wind and rain. MEETING AT KENDAL 'FOIL THE RELIEF OF THE POOR.—In consequence of the exhausted state of the funds some time ago raised for the relief of the neceasitdus poor of this town, a public meeting was held on Friday, in the Town-hall, for the purpose of considering the best means of giving support or em ployment to those now out of work. The meeting was but very thinly, though most respectably attended ; the Mayor in the chair. It was stated by the Secretary appointed at the last meeting, that there had been expended for the relief of the poor 632/. 163. ; of which sum 4821. had been laid out in oatmeal and potatoes ; 1501. in wages for breaking stones, and 10/. is. for hemmers ; that 4911. had been received in subscriptions; and that conse quently there was a balance due to the committee of 151/. Ss. ; to cover which, however, they bad the whole of the stones that had been broken. The committee, it was stated, had found great difficulty in disposing of the stones ; they had applied to some persons in Lancashire accustomed to purchase such things, but the answer was, they would rather buy them unbrokeni for they were wanted to employ their own poor upon. Until within the last month, relief had been given in oatmeal and potatoes, but since that time the money had been expended by giving the poor employment in breaking stones ; and it was mentioned by one of, the gentlemen of the committee, as a fact highly creditable to the poor, that though unaccustomed to such labour, they had moat cheerfully undertaken it. There are now about 150 persons em ployed in breaking stones, who cannot find any other labour. Two plans of givieg relief were proposed to the meeting t the first was to enter into a subscxiption to purchase provisions and other necessaries for them ; the other was, to collect subscrip tions, which should be considered in the nature of a loan, to be laid out in giving employment in breaking stones, and returned when the stones should be sold—the subscribers bearing their share of any loss that might be sustained. The second proposition was adopted ; and a resolution was moved and carried, to the ef fect that subscriptions should be immediately entered into, for the purpose of employing the poor in breaking stones, the atones to he afterwards sold for the repayment of the subscriptions. A very liberal subscription was entered into in the room. Mr. W. Wilson, of Netherfiehl, stated, that a gentleman had told him on the preceding day, that he would advance 50/., subject to the profit or loss upon the breakage of stones, and he had no doubt the gentleman would be as good as his word. It was generally agreed, that it would be necessary to call another meeting soon, for that the present measure could only be considered as tempo rary.—Kendal Chronicle. UORONER's INQUEST.—On Monday afternoon a Coroner's Inquest was held at the Artichoke, William-street, on view of the body of John Reason, many years a vender of periodi cal' publications in this town. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had hung himself on the preceding morning with a silk handkerchief, fastened to a ring in the back-doer of his own house, 1, Woburn-place. On Sunday morning, about nine o'clock, the deceased's wife ran into a neighbour's house, and asked for a knife, but the people not instantly understanding what she meant, she caught up a knife from the tea table, and ran back into her own house, crying for help. A young man followed her to the place where the body WU hanging, and held i t wh i le she cut it down, when they found that the body was not quite cold in all parts. Medial assistance was imm e di ate l y 1 „.„ 1 „. 4 but it was too late to be of ass, life being totally extinct. The deceased was seen standing at his own door about seven o'clock On Sunday morning, and then appeared perfectly in his senses, and returned the nod a person gave him. On the preceding Fri day morning the deceased and Mr. Isted, covekeeper, went into the yard of the latter, where there *as a carpenter at work, to whom Isted said, jestingly, " My friend Reason wants you to make him a suit," (meaning a coffin) and the deceased agreeing to it, th e e ol p enter, a l so i n r ye, said he Would measure him, which he actually Sid. The deceased then went away, but re turned again the same afternoon, and called the carpenter from his worlc, saying, "You will soon have the job." The deceased complained of severe pains in the back part of his head, and ap peared then to be very much dejected. It was reported, we know not how truly, th a t th e d ecease d had attempted to destroy him self before while labouring under a temporary derangement._ .Brighton Gazette. 11 El PERVESCIN G P OW DERS.- -- A Cl ergyman calling to enquire after a fanner in his pariah, who was very ill, was told by his wife and nurse, 4 4 that he was as bad as a man could be, for his powders were given to him boiling hot I" MR. GALLATIN. --- The following article respecting this Gentleman, lligencer : . inte- Na n newly appA:tv l American Minister at this Court , is taken from the National Abraham Albert Alphonso de Gni-. Albert Gallatin, son of John de Gallatin commonly called , Sophia Rolaz de Posey, was born at Geneva, Switz Alb_e i r an tin d a e. , on the 29th day of January, 1761, and is of an ancient ana noble family (originally from Savoy), that derives its origin from Faulchier de Gallatin, Chevalier, Lord of Arlod, who died 1258. N. John de Gallatin de Granges, Lord of Ardonne, Granges, Musinners, and Arlod, Master of the Horse to Lewis, Duke of Savoy, was father of John de Gallatin, Lord of Arlod, a Viscount Palatine, and Secretary of State to Philibert 11. (surnamed the hand some) Duke of Savoy; this last John de Gallatin emi grated to Geneva, and became a burgess thereof on the 17th of December, 1510; a member of the Council of Two Hundred in 1529; and a Councillor of Sate in February, 1535. He married Pernette de Entremont uI 1507; was born in 1476, and died in 1576 ; his descend ants have ever since held the principal employments in the gift of the Republic of Geneva. Albert Gallatin (our Minister to Londoll) is lineally descended from Peter de Gallatin (son of the said John de Gallatin and Pernette de Entremont) mentioned by Guichenon as having done homage to Francis 1., King of France, for certain fiefs in Bugey, but he remained and died at Geneva, in 1558 ; he married Jeane Tordan in 1539. These particulars, it is proper to state, being in our possession, because it has suited the purpose of some to • throw out coarse insinua tions of Mr. Gallatin 's being of obscure origin, &c. But Mr. Gallatin is a republican. He no more boasts the nobility of his ancestry, than Dr. Franklin was ashamed of being descended from a succession of honest blacksmiths. The father of Albert Gallatin dying when he was but seven years of age, he was educated at the university of Geneva, under the tutelage of his grandfather, A. de Gal latin de Pregny, who had resigned the employments he held under the republic at Geneva, and resided on his es tate of Pregny, in the pays de Gez, an ancient province of Bourgogne, and was a member o f the states of his pro vince. He died in 1791. In 1779, Albert Gallatin completed his academical stu- 1 dies with considerable reputation for talents; and the Landgrave Frederick IL of Hesse-Cassel, (who had been educated at Geneva), desirous to engage him in his ser , vice, offered him a commission of Lieutenant in his body guards, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. This offer, how ever, young Gallatin (who had imbibed an ardent love for liberty, and was predetermined to win his way to distinc tion by his own exertions), notwithstanding the entreaties of his friends, refused; and, in the spring of 1780, having secretly made arrangements to go to the United. States, procured a passport from the French resident Minister to travel in the interior of France, proceeded by circuitous routes to Brest, and embarked on board of an American brig of but 60 tons, and, after a passage of 80 days, landed at Boston on the 14th of July, 1780. He immediately joined as a volunteer of a body of American troops at Machias, in the State of Maine, and advanced funds to the commanding officer for the support of this body of revo lutionary soldiers. In 1783, Mr. Gallatin became Profes sor of the French language at Harvard-college, Cambridge; and in 1784, having received remittances from Europe, he purchased several rage tracts of land in the State of Vir ginia. During his residence in Richmond, occasioned by these purchases, he was so fortunate as to obtain the friendship of Patrick Henry, by whose advice he purchased his farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania (at that time the county of Fayette was claimed by, and we,s under the ju risdiction of the State of Virginia), and became a citizen of the United States, .according to law, in Monongahela County, Virginia, 1785. Mr. Gallatin was elected, in 1789, a member of the Convention which revised the Constitution of "Pennsyl vania; a Member of the Legislature of that State in 1790, and in 1794 a member of the Senate of the United • States. The Senate, however, by a majority of one vote, all the federal party voting against Mr. Gallatin, declared him ineligible, on the plea of his not having been a sufficient length of time a citizen of the United States. As soon as the decision of the Senate was known, he was simulta neously elected a member of the Legislature for Pennsyl vania for Fayette county, and a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for Washington county (where he had never resided.) : . He took his seat in the laSt-mentioned body in 1795, and remained therein, the most active and efficient leader of the Republican party, until 1801; when, .on Mr. Jefferson's election to the Presidency, he was made Secretary to the Treasury : he fulfilled the arduous duties attached to this department for 12 years, with distinguished reputation and ability. The Emperor Alexander of Russia, having, in 1813, offered his mediation between the United States and Great Britain, Mr. Gallatin, jointly with Messrs. Ad ams and Bayard, was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia; the nomination of Mr. Gallatin was rejected in the Senate (by a majority of one vote), on the ground that the appointment of Envoy was incompatible with , the post of Secretary of the Treasury. The mediation of Russia was in the mean time rejected by Great Britain, who proposed to enter into negotiations directly with the United States. This proposition was acceded to by our. Government. Mr. Gallatin. resigned his place in the Treatniry, and was appointed, jointly with Messrs. Adams, Bayard, Clay, and Russell, on this important mission, and negotiated and , eigned, with . these gentlemen, the treaty of peace at Ghent, in December, 1814. Jointly with Messrs. Adams and Clay, in 1815, Mr. Gallatin ne gotiated and signed a treaty of commerce at London with Great Britain. In 1818, he was appointed Envoy. Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ,to France. At the Hague, in 1817, he, jointly with Mr. Euatis, arranged the commercial difficulties that existed between the United i S o t i a n t t e ly s a n n i d th tl i r ir !qh u e t t ish er , l ag lin ai ds n ;4 co nd a i jattedLanonddsoignn, trout v of commerce with Great Britain. Mr. Gallatin, after representing the United States at the Fiench Court for seven years, with honour to hirlself and :his country, resigned his mission, in 1823, returned to the United States, and was nominated at Washington, and by the State of Virginia, as a suitable candidate for Vice- President of the United Staters: He has re gently, as our readers know, been appointed Minister to ng l an d ; and it is to rescue his character and history from mis representation, that we have prepared this epitome Of his useful life. S ALEM , JUNE .• : distressing event took pl ace at Marble head On Simday last. A lady of respectable characta and connexion, the wife of Captain John Dizey, Wag mi ss i ng from her family when they awoke in the morning, together with her infant of four weeks old. Search was immediately made in every direction, and after a considerable time, the infant wiul found alive upon a beach near the fort, a few feet.from high water mark. This of course gave a melancholy f ore b o di ng of the fate of the mother, but, with the greatest exertions, no discovery was m ade until Monday afternoon, when her body was found on West Beach, in Beverly, three or four miles from the place where the infant was found. It is supposed that the lady, in a temporary fit of insanity, rose about three o'clock a. rn., and taking her in fant, proceeded immediately to the sea-shore, and drowned lierselL she was about 42 years of age, and has left nine children. ---- of ount M 1. mountain deserves.all Hyme_ ttus f . un T e variety of their w-ss! Ai , il , its ' ln this on thi -e honey produced . . .s , Thee and the Greeks use it in walk you can visit the but the thick and shady groves of ii O n e of the pleasantest wa h lksfrom the town is tet the top Academy by the way, stand at the door of two or t_ een few orange trees their daily delight to "vr e lman's horns was deserted , 'heir pipe. But the i.....ussu, . of the Athetusf ,vitiquity. • -s silent as the ancient "%Ns • been put to death. — now, and i , • . v iug taken flight, or the old time are no longer v 4 a small plantation all the tenants tn. ' , me olive trees, am. , te of the Ace- A little garden and s,, . t un aK d e e , r whose branches it had b 'main on the se.. ~ . ns, and the is h iVe A spirits . 0 ; cottages of th e th A e ca T d u e r m ks y, at Mount school in which were formed...ln arrive _ , Advancingtheplain you so, hence over of ew the .. vort, tilt town, Hymettus, whence you enjoy a vißarrenes: is of the surrounding country. - " tree that and the whole , of derby,y in e t s h , e ar fi e wouri what te priroewinreLnade-. the h.:4 scene. shades it, bnt there is wild flowers, that relieve the. . 0114 its prevaDirig parts, with ileilireer % the Ilissus, now only a small. set. In _returning, you pass ystepped over. that ea.'' be el ' lsil ' rnsw,_ of the Winds is tento feature,. a a nd ab t o h r e t oalnivderlicshtheveredhii::: . on, many " The . --2 r lmosire, though of grest t hi s city Den Ishes objects near fan octagon form. An order of _ antiquity, and , I vossession of this tower, had long been in '' The rules of this order were ti\e ire , into a most. in the empire, answering in some mea peeartsovlelsg,eatanbdlesfor th t. L post austere of any i pp It IS a . e among the Catholics, as they sure to that of La Ti li d fish, and partly from neglect of covered with vermin. Ti. nt motion till their features be ethnelyir whirling round with a viole. • down exhausted. But this came convulsed, and they fell -the poor Dervishes have , '.cis worship ‘ o v f o n rst o li rt i ifi e ca on ti s o i i s i t , ed w p er ar e d o y ft/n n 'religious, dance is all over now— so the other world, being most of them taken their light in. the Athenians, and the 'put to death with little remorse by , sera is , i , house of Tower of the Winds will never mon. the Prophet. " The minarets which the from the fes. town still give a beauty to the scene, though . Q. button circles round them no longer. " The promontory of Sunium afforded at v distant, though delightful retreat, where the i !lights Sounds of the war never intruded. The scene be he ld from These rocks, when seated beneath the broken col, unme t on their summits, when the sun is setting on the wave II ? T V ' t I: : : 4 75 ° ts time o°f th ta the be d : t tea to has an indescribable beauty. The painter need no give his canvass too glowing colours, if he looks on the many-coloured islands of every form beneath, or on the mountain summit in the distance. When you enter A the narrowness and mean appearance of the street:. ' pro duce a very disagreeable feeling. The climate ii very healthy, although it is remarkable that more English !hens, tlt. yellers have died of fevers there than in any country o. ' r the Mediterranean; but this has frequently been in co. 4.3C +pence of over exertion in exploring the antiquities. T neY have been interred in the Temple of Theseus, where are Latin inscriptions over two or three of the tombs. b l ut this favourite and _illustrious spot, where the travel er cannot help fancying his bones will lie softer than am ty where else, has been entirely bereaved of its siterednel sa by the interment of an English waiting-maid, who be !- longed to a family on a visit to Greece. A wsltin •- maid reposing in in the immortal Temple of Theseus ! And who, that had a spark of lofty enthusiasm in his be - corn, would not start, even in the grasp of death, fron 1 the idea that his bones would be laid close to her's, al though the beautiful and everlasting columns cast their shadows over his grave ? Two of the gentlemen who were .Athens fora stranger e interred there had trav e ll e d l ong w i t h out ill ness or act i• . tho attacked is sseiz:,ditl with fe th ve a r. ding Th e.. e dent, but had scarcely sp e nt a f ew wee k s i n t h e ne i g hb our .. hood of ontehder died in finished state of medical scienc e i s d e pl ora bl y bad here, and the; r is little cAbatli l ns re they were v h ro e t r i e s ; and the I s ! h th is * Ours fin e d in w a iti lasti intea ret t a e d , the ° but this boon could not be granted. PRAXITELES.—Praxiteles, a famous SCUIpt XI of Magna Grecia, who flourished about 324 yea rs be fore the Christian era. lie chiefly worked on jP. itr i an marble, on account of its beautiful whiteness. Ife carried his art to the greatest perfection, an& was so happy in copying natu r e, th a t hi s s t a t ues seemed to be animated. The most famous of his pieces was a Cupid, which he gave to Phryne. This celebrated courtezan who wished to have the be. 4 o f a ll t h e statues of Praxiteles, and who could riot depend upon her, judgment in the choice, alarmed, the sculptor, by Prixiteles upon t t h el i l s i:ag sh h o i w m ed h a is n h eag ouse e w ss as to onfir e ; save his Cupid from the flames, above all his other pieces ; but Phryne g .. statue. The sculpt o r fi re e st e rale tai d pe h a is t f h e e ars, fav azd r:it t jey tiiscoverin her arti beautiful courtesan, 'which was dedi ca t e d i n t h e employed his chisel i- 4 ma ki ng a statue of this temple of Delphi, e.ed placed between the statues of Archedamus, King of Sparta, and Philip, King of Macedon. He .also made a statue of Venus, at the request of the people of Cos, and gave them their choice of their goddess naked or veiled. The former was superior to the other in beauty and perfection, but the inhabitants of Cos preferred the latter. The Cnidians, who (lid not wish to patronize modesty and decorum, with the sanie eagerness as the people of Cos, bought the naked Venus, and it was so univer sally esteemed, that Nicodemus, King of Bithynia, offered the Cnidians to pay an enormous debt under which they laboured, if they would give him their fa vourite statue. This offer was not accepted. The famous Cupid was bought of the Thespians, by Caius Cesar, and carried to. Rome, but Claudius restored it to them, and Nero afterwards obtained possession of it. REASONS FOR CRRISTENING.—.-A Clergymen in Yorkshire saying to a parishioner that he hoped he would have the child christened soon, which he was then baptizing ; the man replied— ,, C), yes, to be sure, Sir ; I •always likes to have them christen soon, and then they are done vrie. I likes to 0,4 them. out of the way." BURNING OF A STSAM-BOAT.--.-A lardy tart)/ of Ranters from Sunderland embarked list Wee on board a steamer, for the purpose of holding camp. meetings along the coast. They had already Visited several plum viz. Hartlepool, liedrar, Etc.and were proceeding southward, when, unfortunately, the boiler, for want of a supply of water, became red hot, and set the vesse l on fire. l'hey ( ta i t t l i el arrived urrrioveecded. on between Marske and Saltburn, when tin' making signals, their perilous condition was seen from Mae, and immediate assistance forwarded, which saved them horn the horrors o f d eat h by fire or water.